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World - Analyses & Assessments - May 26, 2017
Intensifying conflict over South China Sea
Situations in the South China Sea have seemed to worsen as the US warship, USS Dewey sailed closer to an artificial island build by China. The “manoeuvring drill” conducted by US was seen by China as…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 25, 2017
Cloth of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon promote Khadi as the ‘Cloth of India’ in the overseas market. It will form a unique Indian product after yoga, as it is the second most recollection by non-…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 24, 2017
Martial Law enforced
The President of Philippines has declared Martial Law on the Mindanao Island for 60 days, as per reports on the 23rd of May 2017. This is due to clashes between the security forces and Muslim…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 18, 2017
Italian Economic Crisis
The Report by Standard and Poor (S&P) stated that the Italian economy is likely to shrink slightly due to poor banking system and divided politics. According to the S&P report, the economy…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 16, 2017
Is North Korea behind WannaCry?
Russian security firm, Kaspersky found that the code used in the WannaCry software has been used by North Korean hacking group, Lazarus Group. The results suggest that North Korea could have links to…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 13, 2017
Zika Virus: Brazil says Emergency is over
Brazil has informed the World Health Organisation that there has been a decrease in Zika and microcephaly throughout the country. The health ministry informed that since January to April 2017 there…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 12, 2017
China taking the lead for globalization
At present, countries like the United States under Trump’s Presidency are adopting a more protectionist approach with the ‘America first’ policy. However, it seems as though China is gradually…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 11, 2017
“Golden Visa”- The trump card
Uncertainty regarding the H-IB visa has directed Indian citizens towards the EB-5 visa irrespective of the cost that it entails. EB-5 visa, on a minimum investment of $500,000 and generation of at…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 11, 2017
Nazism a façade for far-right extremism?
The German police on 9th May detained another far-right extremist soldier, Maximillian T. He has been accused of accompanying the extremist lieutenant in the planned attack against public officials.…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 11, 2017
“One country, two systems”?
Ahead of the 20th anniversary celebrations of Britain handing over the sovereignty of Hong Kong to China, the Civil Human Rights Front is facing a major setback. The organisation which has been…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 10, 2017
The continuous decline of oil prices
Since the last two years, oil prices went through their deepest downturn since the 1990s. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to cut down their production of oil in…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 10, 2017
Ahok guilty of blasphemy
On 9th May 2017 the governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama also known as Ahok was held guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment. He was convicted for insulting Islam and…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 9, 2017
Dynamic emerging economies
Union finance minister, Arun Jaitley, stated that India’s economic growth is expected to pick up in the coming years with respect to reforms such as demonetization and the rollout of the Goods and…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 8, 2017
Japan agrees to invest in the Chabahar Port Project
Japan’s Ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu had stated on May 8th, 2017 that the Japanese government looks forward to investing in the Chabahar Port project with the Indian government. Chabahar Port is a…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 8, 2017
India slows down on the digital highway
For the government and most of its supporters, pushing towards a cashless society may help deliver solutions to the problems of corruption, lack of development, increase production and ending poverty…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 8, 2017
What brought about Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s return to Afghanistan?
Former Prime Minister of Afghanistan Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was removed from the UN blacklist of terrorists on the 3rd of February 2017. The warlord’s 2016 peace deal with the Afghanistan government was…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 5, 2017
Broken Brazil
After 21 years, in response to austerity measures, Brazil faced a nation-wide general strike on 29th of April 2017. Facing a recession from the second semester of 2013, Brazil’s government has sought…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 5, 2017
ObamaCare Repealed
On the 4th of May 2017, the Republican healthcare Bill was narrowly passed with 217-213 vote in the lower chamber of Congress. The Bill has now been passed on to the Senate where it would be enacted…
World - Analyses & Assessments - May 4, 2017
De-globalisation
De-globalisation is considered the process of reducing interdependence and integration between certain parts around the world, particularly nation-state. It is largely used to describe that period in…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 28, 2017
Zimbabwe accepts cows as collateral for loans
As the economic situation in Zimbabwe continues to decline, the government has decided to bring in innovative ways to unlock the blocked capital in the country. Zimbabwe will soon allow..